proximity chat. ffxiv needs this

so i read that the division beta has this cross platform. ffxiv needs this. it is better than typing in chat which sucks on a gaming controller

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Originally Posted by KoroushSensei

so i read that the division beta has this cross platform. ffxiv needs this. it is better than typing in chat which sucks on a gaming controller

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I'm.... not quite sure what it is you're asking about here. Could you be a little more specific, please?

Get a keyboard...

This game doesn't need proximity chat.

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Technology is amazing.

So you basicly want a voice chat that you can hear based on proximity of the player?


No thanks.

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Originally Posted by Nezerius

So you basicly want a voice chat that you can hear based on proximity of the player?


No thanks.

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Oh, proximity voice chat. No, never going to happen. Yoshi has already stated unequivocally that XIV will never have built-in voice chat.

In-built voice chat in anything other than an MMO is possible. An MMO is extremely large, OP, name one MMO that has this feature. I mean, actual MMO, not Multiplayer.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

In-built voice chat in anything other than an MMO is possible. An MMO is extremely large, OP, name one MMO that has this feature. I mean, actual MMO, not Multiplayer.

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EVE Online has it (or did when I played a few years ago). Its terrible, but its there.

That being said, its a waste of game resources for an MMO to have it (which is why it was so bad in EVE).


Also, thanks OP. Now I really miss MAG (its been years...but the proxy chat was just epic)

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

In-built voice chat in anything other than an MMO is possible. An MMO is extremely large, OP, name one MMO that has this feature. I mean, actual MMO, not Multiplayer.

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ESO has proximity voice chat, at least on console servers. It's terrible really..

Ever play vindictus It has in game voice chat and guess what it is super Laggy.

Sony ps4 chat works because its done using the system and its not in game, with all those 90002 errors we get I can just imagine if they added voice to this game it would be a nightmare.

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Originally Posted by PArcher

EVE Online has it (or did when I played a few years ago). Its terrible, but its there.

That being said, its a waste of game resources for an MMO to have it (which is why it was so bad in EVE).


Also, thanks OP. Now I really miss MAG (its been years...but the proxy chat was just epic)

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MAG.. /CERTIFIED

neverwinter has it

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie-Amber

neverwinter has it

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As does Dungeons and Dragons Online. It was awful.

Voice chat should always be optional, and putting it in-game only leaves it open for people to kick for not using voice chat. Don't pretend it won't happen xD

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Originally Posted by Rynia

As does Dungeons and Dragons Online. It was awful.

Voice chat should always be optional, and putting it in-game only leaves it open for people to kick for not using voice chat. Don't pretend it won't happen xD

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It happens regardless, but I agree that it should be left outside the game, especially since this is a multi-platform game. Making a chat client that would work (much less work well) on PC and PS3/PS4 isn't a task I'd envy the developers.

WoW has built in party and raid wide voice chat. Or at least I think it works like that. Never used it.

Okay, sorry to rain on this parade again, but this is from Yoshi-P himself in an interview here: Playstation.Blog

It's an old blog post, but he's pretty conclusive about voice chat.

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Voice chat wasn’t enabled in the recent beta. Will it be integrated in the full version of the game?

Naoki Yoshida: We do not plan on offering official support for voice chat. To explain that decision, the idea of talking directly to other players with your own voice and making it a requirement to do so will not necessarily be a good thing for beginners and new players and many will see it as imposing pressure or causing them unnecessary stress.

I am personally a veteran online gamer so I completely understand the importance of voice chat but if we were to make it an officially supported feature then there is a chance that some players would start to demand that others use it just because it is an “official feature”.

Of course, we will not be prohibiting external voice chat via Skype etc, so individual player communities can still sort out their own preferred means of communication!

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Originally Posted by PArcher

Also, thanks OP. Now I really miss MAG (its been years...but the proxy chat was just epic)

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MAG was so much fun. Those were some good days.

No thanks I will pass. I do not do voice chat.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE HEAR MY VOICE /hideunderblanket

As someone who uses voice chat several times a week:

No. 100% definitely no. I want to have control over when I voice chat, and have 0 interest in going for it with randoms. I'll stick to 3rd party programs (with no pressure to use in random content) thx.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

In-built voice chat in anything other than an MMO is possible. An MMO is extremely large, OP, name one MMO that has this feature. I mean, actual MMO, not Multiplayer.

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Pretty sure DC Universe Online has it and it's completely obnoxious.

EQ2 has built in voice communication, and it's awful. They also have proximity chat, and it's also awful. I only ever used it one time for 10 minutes during a memorial service for a friend who had passed away, and there were people from lots of different guilds around. Even with it being in-game, most guilds prefered their own TS/Mumble/Vent servers because the quality and reliability was infinitely better.

Last thing I want to hear is little kids screaming or yelling, erotic role playing or just straight up being rude for no reason. You see how heated some of the chats gets over a simple screw up? Don't wanna hear it blowing out my headphones....then again let em, I'll gladly krank up my J-pop and anime songs and let it blare the entire time. :3